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Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at U.S. Cellular Field, June 28, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

77° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

60-49

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

61-48

Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  1     
Fri, May 06, 2016 CHW 10  MIN  4     
Sat, May 07, 2016 CHW  7  MIN  2     
Sun, May 08, 2016 CHW  3  MIN  1     

Tue, Jun 28, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 MIN    @CHW  2:10pm
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 CHW    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 CHW    @MIN  2:10pm
Thu, Sep 01, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 CHW    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 CHW    @MIN  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 MIN    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 MIN    @CHW  3:10pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

24-51, 5th, 21 GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   15-25   Road:    9-26   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  17-40   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:   7-13
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl: 5-19   vsWest:  8-7  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sun, Jun 26  @NYY  W   7-1       24-51  5th 20.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 25  @NYY  L   1-2       23-51  5th 20.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 24  @NYY  L   3-5       23-50  5th 19.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 23   PHI  L   3-7       23-49  5th 18.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22   PHI  W   6-5       23-48  5th 18.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21   PHI  W  14-10      22-48  5th 18.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19   NYY  W   7-4       21-48  5th 17.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 18   NYY  L   6-7       20-48  5th 17.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 17   NYY  L   2-8       20-47  5th 16.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 16   NYY  L   1-4       20-46  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Chicago White Sox

38-38, 3rd, 7½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   19-18   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  31-29   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl:12-18   vsWest: 10-7  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sun, Jun 26   TOR  W   5-2       38-38  3rd  7.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 25   TOR  L   8-10      37-38  4th  7.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 24   TOR  W   3-2       37-37  4th  6.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 23  @BOS  L   7-8 (10)  36-37  4th  6.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 22  @BOS  W   8-6       36-36  4th  5.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 21  @BOS  W   3-1       35-36  4th  5.5 gb
 70 Mon, Jun 20  @BOS  W   3-1 (10)  34-36  4th  5.5 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19  @CLE  L   2-3 (10)  33-36  4th  5.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 18  @CLE  L   2-13      33-35  4th  4.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 17  @CLE  L   2-3       33-34  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 08, 2016 CHW  3  MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (5-1), L: Tyler Duffey (0-2), S: David Robertson (10)
Sat, May 07, 2016 CHW  7  MIN  2        W:Chris Sale (7-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2016 CHW 10  MIN  4        W:Mat Latos (5-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  1        W:Mat Latos (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: David Robertson (5)
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0        W:Carlos Rodon (1-1), L: Phil Hughes (0-2), S: David Robertson (4)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (1-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-2), S: David Robertson (3)

Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIN  7 @CHW  0        W:Kyle Gibson (10-10), L: Chris Sale (12-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 CHW  8  MIN  2        W:Jose Quintana (9-10), L: Tommy Milone (8-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 MIN  6 @CHW  2        W:Ervin Santana (5-4), L: Nate Jones (1-2), S: none
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 CHW  6 @MIN  4        W:Jeff Samardzija (9-11), L: Casey Fien (4-6), S: David Robertson (28)
Season Series: 2016 - CHW over 6-0; 2015 - MIN won 13-6; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1126-1039

SP: Kyle Gibson (28, RHP, 0-5, 6.05)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-5)			38.2	45	29	26	17	22	5	6.05
2015 (11-11)			194.2	186	88	83	65	145	18	3.84
2014 (13-12)			179.1	178	91	89	57	107	12	4.47

Last 7 GS		0-5	38.2	45	29	26	17	22	5	6.05	42
2016-06-22	PHI	ND	6.0	8	5	4	2	5	2	98	41
2016-06-16	NYY	L	6.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	96	51
2016-06-11	BOS	L	5.2	7	5	5	1	2	1	94	36
2016-04-22	@WSN	L	3.0	7	7	7	2	1	0	67	16
2016-04-17	LAA	ND	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	102	63
2016-04-11	CHW	L	5.2	6	3	1	3	3	0	107	49
2016-04-06	@BAL	L	5.0	7	4	4	5	3	1	105	35

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	35.1	24	7	5	5	26	1	1.27	67
2016-04-11	CHW	L	5.2	6	3	1	3	3	0	107	49
2015-09-13	@CHW	W	7.2	5	0	0	1	7	0	109	75
2015-09-03	CHW	ND	6.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	97	54
2015-05-24	@CHW	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	8	1	106	78
2015-05-01	CHW	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	94	77

SP: Jose Quintana (27, LHP, 5-7, 3.04)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-7)			97.2	90	34	33	24	88	6	3.04
2015 (9-10)			206.1	218	81	77	44	177	16	3.36
2014 (9-11)			200.1	197	87	74	52	178	10	3.32

Last 7 GS		0-5	45.0	49	24	24	13	41	5	4.80	50
2016-06-22	@BOS	ND	5.1	8	6	6	6	1	1	111	23
2016-06-17	@CLE	ND	7.2	7	2	2	1	6	0	111	62
2016-06-11	KCR	L	8.0	6	3	3	0	10	3	109	68
2016-06-05	@DET	L	4.2	9	5	5	3	4	0	103	27
2016-05-30	@NYM	L	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	115	66
2016-05-25	CLE	L	6.0	5	3	3	1	8	0	116	57
2016-05-20	KCR	L	6.1	8	4	4	0	5	0	91	46

Last 5 v.MIN		3-2	32.0	27	12	10	10	25	1	2.81	57
2016-05-08	MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	104	65
2016-04-11	@MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	100	62
2015-09-12	MIN	W	6.0	4	2	1	3	5	0	120	60
2015-05-24	MIN	L	6.0	7	7	6	1	5	1	101	36
2015-05-01	@MIN	L	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	105	64

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 54.Beck
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 64.Purke*
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 66.Ynoa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Buxton G/S/vP 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/96 .194/.233/.331/.564 .390/.630 .617 82/.594 6/0 1/2

37.Centeno* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/51 .224/.246/.358/.605 .500/.643 .863 31/.460 0/0 2/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 40/.628 7/.714 ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 7/1.262 ··· 302/242 .252/.336/.436/.772 .957/.727 .828 104/1.048 6/0 10/4

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 20/.300 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 180/137 .269/.296/.368/.665 .776/.630 .449 52/.875 0/2 2/8

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 146/99 .269/.404/.479/.883 1.053/.789 .828 104/.770 0/2 5/2

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 106/71 .245/.321/.436/.757 .447/.915 .594 92/.777 2/0 3/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 34/.913 3/1.667 ··· 13/.693 6/.533 4/1.167 ··· 12/.533 ··· 315/243 .270/.368/.389/.757 .635/.795 .746 99/.634 1/0 7/1

9.Nunez G/S/vP 8/.875 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 277/216 .312/.342/.473/.815 .982/.767 .838 107/.718 17/5 10/9

52.Park G/S/vP 6/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 240/183 .194/.279/.417/.696 .706/.693 .681 72/.559 1/0 12/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 31/.852 8/1.250 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 13/.731 ··· 7/.000 ··· 214/166 .250/.272/.392/.664 .678/.660 .578 86/.697 1/0 6/4

39.Santana# G/S/vP 12/.523 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 144/119 .250/.280/.353/.633 .255/.709 .552 13/.583 10/7 2/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 14/.445 13/.322 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.194 ··· 174/123 .273/.312/.416/.728 .779/.706 .713 64/1.004 0/0 4/3

IP 97.2 30.2 2.2 25.2 33.1 34.1 17.0 32.2 5.0 TOTAL .245/.309/.400/.709 .709/.709 .684 .750 50/16 83/52

ERA-K/9

3.04/8.1

5.28/5.9

3.38/10.0

2.81/10.2

1.89/5.1

2.88/8.1

5.29/7.4

3.31/9.9

3.60/10.8

4.06/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (8-1-2)
Suzuki (20-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 392/.247 137/.283 13/.125 110/.242 138/.248 135/.189 78/.279 142/.225 26/.273 .261 Kepler
Grossman
Buxton
Santana
Escobar 0/4/29/3
34/1/0/3
0/40/0/1
2/34/2/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .657 .842 .510 .671 .668 .551 .798 .629 .748 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.515 44/.990 5/.200 56/.681 44/.627 48/.789 15/.667 66/.514 8/.833 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.699 93/.775 8/.700 54/.656 94/.686 87/.424 63/.827 76/.734 18/.708 .750

Home 159/.591 53/.657 7/.286 63/.730 77/.726 59/.284 50/.614 66/.579 13/.748

Last 28d days 111/.826 47/.913 13/.510 36/.575 45/.697 49/.506 57/.971 62/.802 26/.748

HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 6/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 3/1/1 0/1/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 75/40/12

Usage ·····X·· ···ooX·· ··X·X··· ···X·o·X ··X·oX·· ···oo·oo ··o·X··· ·o·XX·Xo ··X··X··

White Sox Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 18/.693 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 6/.533 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 328/266 .262/.320/.435/.755 .719/.764 .825 98/.920 0/2 11/3

12.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/65 .274/.274/.493/.767 .222/.844 .923 74/.767 1/0 3/0

31.Avila* G/S/vP 15/.641 4/.000 ··· 7/.629 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 2/.500 130/121 .245/.354/.373/.727 .730/.726 .866 55/.942 0/0 3/2

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 17/.118 3/.000 ··· 11/.664 3/1.167 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 305/249 .297/.348/.467/.815 .911/.793 .915 85/.961 0/0 8/1

36.Coats G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/15 .067/.300/.133/.433 .733/.286 .200 21/.433 0/0 0/0

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 19/.485 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 345/262 .280/.366/.409/.775 .871/.744 .729 108/.817 7/3 4/1

21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 4/.750 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 318/267 .201/.302/.449/.751 .838/.735 .711 95/.630 6/2 21/5

26.Garcia G/S/vP 11/.739 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 236/192 .247/.309/.358/.667 .555/.693 .635 75/.585 1/2 5/1

15.Lawrie G/S/vP 8/1.339 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.450 312/258 .241/.314/.415/.729 .785/.717 .668 96/.667 4/3 10/6

27.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.334 7/1.238 ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 159/111 .214/.270/.366/.636 .661/.626 .824 39/.639 1/1 4/3

18.Saladino G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 112/79 .250/.286/.394/.680 .593/.717 .565 37/.502 2/2 4/3

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 12/.083 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 82/80 .205/.235/.333/.568 .000/.583 .796 68/.629 0/0 2/0

IP 38.2 25.0 11.0 28.2 20.2 40.1 16.1 22.1 37.2 TOTAL .246/.315/.398/.712 .729/.709 .730 .741 29/18 78/33

ERA-K/9

6.05/5.1

2.16/8.3

1.64/10.6

6.28/6.6

2.61/6.1

4.02/8.7

4.41/10.5

3.63/8.1

3.82/10.5

5.17/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (17-5-1)
Navarro (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.296 96/.218 45/.209 133/.336 81/.231 172/.237 72/.224 99/.290 158/.246 .289 Eaton
Cabrera
Shuck
Saladino
Garcia
Coats 1/14/67/10
70/0/0/5
2/16/2/3
0/1/1/1
2/0/12/0
3/0/3/0

OPS .835 .557 .547 .996 .708 .670 .816 .806 .762 .820

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.967 37/.419 20/.400 49/1.113 26/.751 66/.709 31/.803 33/.525 48/.957 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.719 59/.644 25/.671 84/.928 55/.688 106/.640 41/.826 66/.951 110/.680 .836

Road 45/1.146 41/.563 14/.500 50/1.099 21/.190 93/.736 41/.848 33/1.140 62/.756

Last 28d days 74/.849 22/.687 38/.596 38/1.060 40/.646 45/.466 37/.843 61/.697 57/.879

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 7/1/0 4/0/0 5/1/0 4/3/0 4/0/1 5/8/1 106/32/8

Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ···X··X· ····X··· ·o····o· ··Xo·o·· ···X···· ··X·Xoo· ····o·X·

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below
Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.
PA - Plate Appearances (`AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI`) BF - Batters Faced BA - Batting Average OBP - On-Base Percentage SLG - Slugging Percentage Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days. SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP Total - Team totals for those categories. Usage - See the note below the grid.	OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so) RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game. PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed. G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2016 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games. OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.61

CIN 4.31

ATL 3.33

RA/G

CHC 3.17

NYY 4.51

CIN 5.84

D. Murphy .350

H. Ramirez .270

B. Park .194

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .436

B. Crawford .336

F. Galvis .248

SLG

D. Ortiz .677

B. Miller .445

B. Burns .302

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.108

A. Eaton .775

B. Burns .573

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

J. Garcia 4.09

J. Shields 6.22

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

M. Wacha 7.70

M. Perez 4.37

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.